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Clancestry Festival at Queensland Performing Arts Centre

This was a panel conversation with the topic of
Just who is black enough?
Panel: Dr Anita Hiess, Dr Chelsea Bond, Kevin O'Brien and Megan Cope.

Author
of Am I Black Enough? Dr Anita Heiss; University of Queensland Senior
Lecturer with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit Dr
Chelsea Bond; Queensland University of Technology Professor of Design,
School of Design, Creative Industries Faculty Kevin O'Brien; and artist
Megan Cope explore the deep and complex issues around the process of
being deemed 'black enough' through the politics of self determination
and ancestry.
The panel was chaired by Rhoda Roberts

Clancestry is a celebration of country. This means many things.
"Country" acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land. As a
metaphor it connects
us to our homeland and regions with a special character. From a
performing arts perspective it is both an art form and a popular
performance genre. Clancestry is a festival celebrating the arts
and cultural practices of the world's First Nation's Peoples. The
festival draws on rich spiritual culture and provides a space to connect
with other clan groups across the country and the globe. In presenting
performances, workshops, free events and conversations the festival
moves beyond transactional contact into deeper relationships between all peoples.